T-Mobile Dash Text Messages - Save to PC?

[qqa92]

Hello,

I have a T-Mobile Dash and I need to find a way to transfer the text messages from it to my pc. Is there an open source program out there that I could use to do that with? My guess is that there are about 500-600 text messages that I need to save.

[s1l3nt]

Hello,

I have a T-Mobile Dash and I need to find a way to transfer the text messages from it to my pc. Is there an open source program out there that I could use to do that with? My guess is that there are about 500-600 text messages that I need to save.

i think there a program called dashwire might do dat heres da link

http://thesmartfone.com/category/applications/
jus scrow to da bottom and find dashwire gives details on it too

[stylez]

Hello,

I have a T-Mobile Dash and I need to find a way to transfer the text messages from it to my pc. Is there an open source program out there that I could use to do that with? My guess is that there are about 500-600 text messages that I need to save.

You could also use PIM Backup v2.8 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=299705) is made for PPC's so bit fiddly on SP but does the job all the same, can save to storage card & copy to PC.

[Bupahs]

or try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=3587961#post3587961

[windsorguy13]

Not exactly what you're looking for, but I don't know the reason for wanting to do this, so I thought I'd point out another alternative. Take a look at Microsofts "My Phone"... it'll syncronize your entire phone (including text messages) to the cloud. If you're doing this just for backup and restore purposes, it's easy to use. Took me a little bit to get my beta account though.

http://myphone.microsoft.com

[qqa92]

You could also use PIM Backup v2.8 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=299705) is made for PPC's so bit fiddly on SP but does the job all the same, can save to storage card & copy to PC.

Thanks all for your tips. I ended up trying PIM Backup and it worked but the formatting of the text messages came out so scattered when I viewed them in Open Office Excel that I am unable to find a formatting that will keep the dates legible. I tried different file conversion attributes and even tried converting the file to a .pdf but with no luck. I guess its enough that the program actually backed up everything but I would really like to have some way to verify that all the data can be successfully restored after I cold reset my Dash since I have been trying for some time with T-Mobiles tech support to find a way to get my picture text messaging functioning again but they are telling me that the only way to get that to happen is to cold reset the phone and that will kill all of my contacts and text messages so I need to make sure that all of that data is actually saved and restorable before I go ahead and try. I also wanted to have a copy of all of my data should the hard drive on the phone fail at some time. Any suggestions for how to verify that the data can actually be restored?

[qqa92]

or try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=3587961#post3587961

Oh wow, this looks really interesting. I am going to give this a try too and report back. Thanks.

[rilbel]

Just a personal opinion, but unless the texts are hilarious jokes or a guide to a hidden treasure, I don't see why anyone would have to save 500-600 texts! :eek::rolleyes:

[Bupahs]

Oh wow, this looks really interesting. I am going to give this a try too and report back. Thanks.


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